小明英語課堂 第9課:停下來
Thanks for coming to class today! Let’s start withsome slang
歡迎來到今天的課，讓我們從俚語開始吧
We have two that both use the word “cut”
我們有兩個(gè)包含“切”的俚語
But there are no scissors involved in either of thesemeanings
但是這里面的任何一個(gè)都沒有包含剪刀
One is called “cut it out”, and the other one is “not cut out for this”
一個(gè)叫做“cut it out”，另外一個(gè)叫“not cut out for this”
Let’s talk about cutting something out
讓我們討論cut it out
When you say, “Please, Alex, cut it out”
當(dāng)你說，“Alex，請(qǐng)你cut it out”
You are asking Alex to stop doing something
你是在讓他停止做一件事情
Basically when you say “cut it out”
當(dāng)你說”cut it out”的時(shí)候
you don’t like what someone is doing
你不喜歡某人在做的事情
They might not be prepared or capable of completing the job they are doing
他們或許沒有準(zhǔn)備好或者沒有能力去做這件事
What I like to think of is “cut it out” means to cut your behavior off
當(dāng)我想“cut it out”的時(shí)候，意思是把你的舉止切斷
so that you can’t keep going, it’s stopped
這樣你就得停下來了
Meanwhile, “not cut out for this” means you are not prepared for something
它的意思是你沒有準(zhǔn)備好去做一件事情
or you are not really the kind of person who should be doing the job
“Not cut out for this”或者你不屬于應(yīng)該去做這件事的人群
For example, if you’ve never sung or danced a day in your life
如果你從來沒有唱過歌跳過舞
and Lady Gaga asked you to perform with her
嘎嘎小姐邀請(qǐng)你和她一起表演
then you could say, “Sorry, but I’m not cut out for this”
你可以說“不好意思，我不是這塊料”
What I’d like to think of is a piece of paper and if you cut out a certain shape
我會(huì)去把它想成一張紙，然后你在上面剪一個(gè)形狀
that shape is good for doing something
這個(gè)形狀適合做一件事情
When you are trying to complete a certain task
當(dāng)你需要完成一件事的時(shí)候
you might need paper that of a certain shape. Other shapes of paper won’t work
你需要一張有合適形狀的紙，其他形狀的都不可以
So that’s what I think of when I think of the slang “cut out for this”
所以這就是當(dāng)我遇到俚語”cut out for this”時(shí)想到的
You need the right shape or the right person for a task
你需要合適的形狀或者人去完成一件事
The ways to use those slangs are different
這兩個(gè)俚語的使用方式不一樣
The first one, “cut it out”, is a command
“Cut it out”是一個(gè)命令
You are asking someone to cut it out, or saying you wish someone would do this
當(dāng)你告訴一個(gè)人“cut it out”.或者說你希望別的人來做這件事
You wish they would stop doing what they are doing
你希望一個(gè)人可以停止去做現(xiàn)在在做的事情
The second one, “not cut out for this” is a description
“Not cut out for this”是一個(gè)描述方式
You are saying a person is not cut out for this
可以用來描述一個(gè)人
or even a thing is not cut out for the task you are trying to accomplish
或者一個(gè)物體不合適來完成某件事情
So you can say, “I am not cut out for this job”
你可以說，“我不是這塊料”
or “Thomas is not cut out to be a waiter because he hates taking orders from people”
或者“托馬斯不是做服務(wù)生的料，因?yàn)樗憛捠苋酥甘?rdquo;
Our sentence structure for today has a funny example. See if you can catch the structure
我們今天的句型比較有意思，來看看吧
“The greater the number of people who want to go to the show
“如果有更多的人去看節(jié)目
the more tickets we are going to have to print”
我們需要印更多的票”
The greater the number of A, the more B will occur
如果有更多的A，更多的B就會(huì)發(fā)生
Here’s another example
另外一個(gè)例子是
“The greater the effort, the better the sense of accomplishment at the end of a task”
“如果付出更多，那么完成一件事情的時(shí)候會(huì)有更多的成就感”
So you are saying that the more you have of A, the more you will have of B
也就是當(dāng)你有更多的A，你也會(huì)有更多的B
One more example
還有一個(gè)例子
“The greater the size of a car, the more gas is necessary to get around”
“一輛車的體積越大，駕駛時(shí)需要的油也越多”
Why don’t you try making a sentence of your own with this structure?
你也來試試吧?
Thank you for coming to class today
謝謝來到今天的課程
I hope you learned something and I hope you had fun
我希望你學(xué)到了一些知識(shí)
If you have any questions, or if you have any suggestions
如果你有任何問題和建議
or if you just want to try out the sentence structure, follow me on Weibo
或者想嘗試一下句型，那就來微博關(guān)注我吧
If you try the sentence structure, we will correct your sentence for you
如果你嘗試了句型，我們會(huì)幫你校正你的句子
Thank you for coming to class, and see you tomorrow
謝謝你來上課，我們明天再見
